NATO Rapid Reaction Corps

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) number and (b) rank is of the UK personnel in HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.

Nick Harvey: The number and rank/grade of UK military and civilian personnel in the HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Military rank Number of personnel 
			 Lieutenant General 1 
			 Major General 1 
			 Brigadier 5 
			 Colonel 11 
			 Lieutenant Colonel 23 
			 Major/Lieutenant Commander 76 
			 Captain 25 
			 Warrant Officer Class 2 19 
			 Warrant Officer Class 1 6 
			 Staff Sergeant 11 
			 Sergeant 18 
			 Corporal 27 
			 Lance Corporal 13 
			   
			 Civilian grades  
			 C2 1 
			 D 3 
			 D (Military Support Function) 1 
			 E1 9 
			 E2 1 
			 Industrial Skill Zone 2 1